Last days in Ollanta & a bit of Cusco

  Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Peru
Monday, July 28, 2008

last day hike outside Ollanta

So this entry has just a hodge podge of pictures (in no good order) from my last few days in Ollanta & then a few days here and there in Cusco when I was in and out visiting friends & getting ready to head off from Cusco for other travels.

a lovely day in Ollanta, view of the ruins

In my last few days in Ollanta I tried just to spend lots of time with my family & to get out for a couple more nice day hikes.  I had brought a bunch of gifts for my family -- which I had bought before I knew who they were (kids, adults ??) -- and so it was really fun to find that most of what I brought was a good fit.  I had several t-shirts and hats from DC.  The picture of Abraghn as our future president & in the Obama hat is just too cute.

our little future Peruvian/Quechan president!

As I noted on the picture, sorry to be political, but they do tend to know who Obama is here.  As for McCain, they usually say óh, & what is the name of the other guy?´ and ´what happened to the lady?´ Hmmm, if we have a president someday that was born in the Peruvian hills & could only speak Quechua until age 6, now that would be pretty awesome.

out for dancing & drinks with Inti

My last few days in Cusco were similar to those in Ollanta.  Tried to get outside/above of the city for some hikes & had a few fun nights out with friends.  A week or so prior to leaving Ollanta, I was in Cusco & by chance ran into the doctor that had helped me in Ollanta with my sprained ankle.  He actually lives & works normally in Cusco.  As a good doctor should, he wanted to make sure that my ankle was really healed & so we had a night out salsa-ing to make sure I was fully on the mend.  Very fun!

me & the fake Inca in Cusco